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Premature Births (Percent) – 2011

Data Provided by: MS KIDS COUNT

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Scale: 6.2% - 35.7%


Mississippi	16.5%
Adams	19.3%
Alcorn	20.9%
Amite	15.6%
Attala	17.3%
Benton	14.1%
Bolivar	22.8%
Calhoun	11.0%
Carroll	15.4%
Chickasaw	14.2%
Choctaw	6.2%
Claiborne	18.3%
Clarke	14.9%
Clay	21.4%
Coahoma	28.8%
Copiah	20.4%
Covington	14.7%
DeSoto	11.5%
Forrest	14.9%
Franklin	12.2%
George	14.8%
Greene	14.4%
Grenada	18.4%
Hancock	16.3%
Harrison	15.3%
Hinds	20.9%
Holmes	19.3%
Humphreys	19.1%
Issaquena	35.7%
Itawamba	8.8%
Jackson	13.6%
Jasper	10.0%
Jefferson	25.0%
Jefferson Davis	15.9%
Jones	12.1%
Kemper	20.0%
Lafayette	9.7%
Lamar	11.8%
Lauderdale	17.8%
Lawrence	18.7%
Leake	19.9%
Lee	13.6%
Leflore	18.7%
Lincoln	17.2%
Lowndes	14.3%
Madison	16.4%
Marion	18.0%
Marshall	14.0%
Monroe	17.9%
Montgomery	25.4%
Neshoba	18.5%
Newton	15.6%
Noxubee	16.4%
Oktibbeha	15.5%
Panola	15.4%
Pearl River	15.6%
Perry	14.1%
Pike	14.6%
Pontotoc	13.8%
Prentiss	13.8%
Quitman	30.4%
Rankin	15.9%
Scott	15.1%
Sharkey	19.8%
Simpson	16.6%
Smith	15.8%
Stone	18.5%
Sunflower	21.6%
Tallahatchie	18.5%
Tate	13.5%
Tippah	18.7%
Tishomingo	19.4%
Tunica	20.2%
Union	17.0%
Walthall	21.2%
Warren	16.9%
Washington	21.7%
Wayne	16.2%
Webster	14.4%
Wilkinson	14.8%
Winston	22.5%
Yalobusha	12.2%
Yazoo	22.4%

Definitions: Premature births are defined as a birth with gestation less than 37 weeks.

Data Source: Mississippi State Department of Health. Public Health Statistics. [Year] Summary Statistics by County.

Available at: http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/phs/statisti.htm

Mississippi Grantee

MS KIDS COUNT Family and Children Research Unit, Social Science Research Center
P.O. Box 5287
Mississippi State, MS 39762

662-325-0470
mskidscount@ssrc.msstate.edu
http://www.ssrc.msstate.edu/mskidscount

Linda H. Southward, Ph.D., Program Director

A division of the SSRC at Mississippi State University, the Family and Children Research Unit (FCRU) conducts research on issues affecting the health, safety, and well-being of children and families.

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